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A SERIO COMIC DETECTIVE TALE IN WHICH NO 

FIRE-ARMS ARE USED AND NO ONE IS KILLED 

BEING A THREE DAYS EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF 

THE DUKE OF BELLEVILLE AS RELATED BY 

LORD EDWARD LYNDON 

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER BY 

THE DUKE OF BELLEVILLE 

EDITED BY 

JOHN EYERMAN F.Z.S. 



EASTON PA. 

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INTRODUCTION 

No Literary Merit is claimed for this tale, as none has 
been attempted. The following letter explains itself. 

(Kenift9ott6.§ 

Dear Eyerman: Saturday 

When we were talking, the other night at 
Mrs. Perkins Ball' I was just about to ask a favor 
when Our Mutual Friend,- Addison,'* decided to 
fasten himself to us. I am glad to say that I am 
now Far From the Madding Crowd,* and Villette,^ 
The Beautiful Wretch.** has urged me to write you 
When Scarlett's eye-troubles began he decided to 
amuse himself by dictating to Miss Majoribanks/ 
The Story of My Life,^ as he called it. * * Ten 
days ago and to my Amazement, "* he was ordered 
to India, ^° and his work is not completed, and I 
am no good at this kind of thing. 1 want you to 
undertake the work, and Scarlett wants you too. 
Don't refuse, please. 
********** 

Present or absent, I trust you will think 
of me, always, as your sincere friend 

Belleville. 

l[The fabric of this tale is based, largely, upon the use 
of Book-titles, but in reading, the Authors' names must 
be entirely DISREGARDED. 



* ANTHONY TROLLOPE 


5 


CHARLOTTE BRONTE 




§ SIR WALTER SCOTT 


6 


WILLIAM BLACK 




1 W M THACKERAY 


7 


MARGARET OLIPHANT 




2 CHARLES DICKENS 


8 


A J C HARE 




3TB MACAULAY 


9 


JAMES BLYTH 




4 THOMAS HARDY 


10 


D C BOULGER 555 





BLANKENBERGHE 




HE first part of this story, relating, as it 
does to my family and to my earlier years 
should be 
MARKED "PERSONAL" 

ANNA KATHARINE GREEN 

It is, really, an autobiography. My fami- 
ly motto being, J'ai bonne cause, it may be of inter- 
est to the reader to know that I , with the euphonious 
name of, Algernon Charles John Lyndon, fifth Duke of 
Belleville, was born in THE 
HOUSE OFTHE SEVEN GABLES 

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 

in that quaint and very picturesque part of 
WINDSOR CASTLE 

WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH 

known as the Inner Court, but frequently called the 
VANITV SQUARE 

EDGAR SALTUS 

As I can never remember dates, a family peculiarity, 
I will say that I was born on 

ST. MARTIN'S EVE 

MRS HENRY WOOD 



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in a certain year considerably more than 

TWENTY YEARS AFTER 

ALEXANDER DUMAS 

THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA 

SIR EDWARD BRUCE HAMLEY 

and if you were to consult the 

(^ftnanac^ be dSot^a 

JUSTUS PERTHES 

you would be informed that my father, always known 
^s lrltiJL/UK.L even among 

J. STORER CLOUSTON 

THC TOUNOER. iET 

ROBERT H, CHAMBERS 

was for twenty years 

HER MAJESTY'S MINISTER 

WILLIAM LE QUEUX 

and was FOUR^TCtN YEARJ IN 
PARLIAriENT 

A. S. T. GRIFFITH BOSCAWEN 

sitting as Lord Lyndon; that he was 

THE MASTER SPIRIT 

Sir WILLIAM MAGNAY 

in dissolving that nefarious Bosnian scheme of 
THE iBCOND LADT DELCOMBC 

Mrs. ARTHUR KENNARD 

which is known to this day as 

C^e ICtbnappeb Cofonj Affair 

MARY R, SHIPMAN ANDREWS 



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further, that he was Ambassador 

(^t t^ Court of t^ (ma^arajd 

LOUIS TRACY 

that he was responsible for the famous 

ORDER No. 11 

CAROLINE ABBOT STANLEY 

which forever closed 

THE GARDEN OF ALLAH 

ROBERT HICHENS 

to those celebrated characters, 

TOM JAWTER and flR. CARTERET 

MARK TWAIN DAVID GRAY 

thereby proving the truth of 
THC LEGEND OF iLEEPY HOLLOW 

WAOHINGTON IRVING 

and bringing 

Mr. CREWE'S CAREER 

to a sudden close. My father always had 

THE POWER SUPREME 

FRANCIS C. NICHOLAS 

and the faculty to see beyond 

THE FAR HORIZON 

LUCAS MALET 

being the first to announce the approach of 

HALLEY'S COMETi 

H. H. TURNER 

As one of the ten members of 

GEORGE A. KYLE 

my father had the honour of being with 



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MR. ROOSEVELT IN FRANCE 

WILLIAM MORTON FULLERTON 

Then again while 

IN THE SERVICE OF THE PRINCESS 

HENRY C. ROWLAND 

He was asked at The ELEVENTH HOUR to act as 

DAVID POTTER 

THE BEST MAN 

HAROLD MacGRATH 

at THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM ASHE 

MRS HUMPHREY WARD 

and THE OIRL FROM HIi TOWN 

MARIE VAN VORST 

His whole life was indeed 

THE ROMANCE OF AN 
OLD-FASHIONED GENTLEMAN 

F, HOPKINSON SMITH 

My MOTHER. 

OWEN WISTER 

^^e (prtnceee (Vit^inia of 

C. N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON 

THE HOUSE OF MIRTH 

EDITH WHARTON 

was the daughter of 

THE SLIM PRINCESS 

GEORGE ADE 

BEATRIX OF C LARE and of 

JOHN REED SCOTT 

C^e (Bre^ %m^^t known 

Mrs HENRY de la PASTURE 

FROM GRETNA GREEN TO LAND'S END 

KATHARINE LEE BATES 



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as THE ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE 

E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 

and a direct descendant of 

^BakS of (^aoarta 

ALEXANDER DUMAS 

BY RIGHT DIVINE 

WILLIAM SAGE 

and BY INHERITANCE through 

OCTAVE THANET 

THE SECOND GENERATION 

DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS 

the inheritor of Wht ilioWg ^t)are of 

OCTAVE THANET 

THE CONGO AND AFRICAN COASTS 

RICHARD HARDING DAVIS 

THE SILENT CALL 

EDWIN MILTON ROYLE 

came suddenly and most unexpectedly to my father 
due to the gross carelessness of 

RALEIGH 

Wm. DEVEREUX 

my father's valet, in administering an overdose of 
BELLA DONNA 

ROBERT HICHENS 

ZU fortune 

J. C. SNAITH 

inherited from my father, I may add, included 
TEN THOUSAND A YEAR 

SAMUEL WARREN 

that celebrated and incomparable 
COLLECTION OF TERTIARY MAMMALS FROM 
SOUTHERN FRANCE AND ITALY 

JOHN EYERMAN 



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and a large estate in France, called 

PERCY BREBNER 

THE CASTLE OF LIES 

ARTHUR HENRY 

From my mother, I inherited my share of 

BREWSTER'S MILLIONS 

RICHARD GREAVES 

Therefore, at the age of twenty -six, I was familiarly 
called ALADDIN IN LONDON 

MAX PEMBERTON 

although hardly the son of a poor widow. I know 

HOW PARIS AMUSES ITSELF and 

F, BERKELEY SMITH 

THE REAL LATIN QUARTER 

F. BERKELEY SMITH 

have sailed upon 

w. D. Mccracken 

and cruised Along the Labrador Coast 

CHARLES WENDELL TOWNSEND 

At Eton In (f^in ^cljool 2r>a^8! 

WILL CARLETON 

I won THE ROSE AND THE RING 

WILLIAM M. THACKERAY 

for the best rendition of 

PHILLIPS BROOKS 



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I have been told that I know 

HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC 

GRENVILLE KLEISER 

and I certainly know how to take 

A BATH IN AN ENGLISH TUB 

CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS 

and I have considerable knowledge upon the subject of 

MONTAGUE HOWARD 

Accompanied by my brother, 
SCARLETT OFTHE MOUNTED 

MARGUERITE MERINGTON 

and HIS WIFE 

WARREN CHENEY 

one of THE PETTISON TWINS known as 

MARION HILL 

REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM 

KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN 

I have hunted THE TEDDY BEARS 

ADAH L. SUTTON 

IN THE FOREST OF AR DEN 

HAMILTON W. MABIE 

and have spent many days and nights 

QXniCV t^C ^m0 around the 

HAMILTON W. MABIE 

CAMPFIRES IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES 

WILLIAM T, HORNADAY 

On several occasions, I have followed the 

AFRICAN GAME TRAILS 

THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



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and am quite conversant with 

PRESENT DAY PROBLEMS 

WILLIAM H TAFT 

But these, you will say, are the 

REVERIES OF A BACHELOR 

IK MARVEL 

Therefore, before I resign my pen to my brother Lord 
Edward Lyndon, Scarlett of the Mounted, who has a- 
greed, and has the ability to write, and is quite con- 
versant with, this 

^franore ^torj 

BULWER-LYTTON 

let me say that at the age of twenty-six, I became ac- 
quainted with 

NORROY, DIPLOMATIC AGENT 

GEORGE BRONSON HOWARD 

called 

THE MAN FROM DOWNING STREET 

WILLIAM LE QUEUX 

who, at the time, was actively engaged in endeavoring 
to solve that greatest of all 

DIPLOMATIC MYSTERIES 

VANCE THOMPSON 

the discovery of 

THE LOST PRINCESS 

WILLIAM FREDERICK DIX 

(^nm of (^t?onPea 

L. M. MONTGOMERY 



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and it was but a short time thereafter, and almost im- 
mediately upon 

THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES 

SIR A CONAN DOYLE 

with his world-famous dog 

THE HOUND OF THE 
BASKERVILLES 

SIR A CONAN DOYLE 

that I became actively engaged in running down 

THE MASTER CRIMINAL 

G SIDNEY PATERNOSTER 

and bringing to trial 
THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED 
HADLEYBURG 

MARK TWAIN 






NCE UPON A TIME as all stories should 
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS 

begin, a certain successful debutante 
known as Lady ROSE'S DAUGHTER, 

MRS HUMPHREY WARD 

THE LADY EVELYN 

MAX PEMBERTON 
sat in her boudoir in THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 

WESLEY JOHNSTON 

IN LONDON TOWN 

F. BERKELEY SMITH 

looking at 

THE FACE IN THE GIRANDOLE 

WILLIAM FREDERICK DIX 

and listening to 

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS 

This room like 

THE CIRCULAR STUDY 

ANNA KATHARINE GREEN 
on the floor below, was hung in exquisite shades of 
silk, upon which were placed, at intervals, around the 
entire wall-surface, original 



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DRAWINGS OF GAINSBOROUGH 

LORD RONALD SUTHERLAND GOWER 

while upon a magnificent 

LOUIS XIV 

ARTHUR HASSALL 

stand were some exquisite specimens of 

EDWIN A. BARBER 

Through THE OPEN SHUTTERS 

CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM 

came THE VOICE OF THE STREET 

ERNEST POOLE 

and from THE GREEN PARK 

the occasional bark of 

C$e (Bofben (Bre^ ^ounb 

DWIGHT TILTON 

intermingled with the soft lapping noise of 

THE MOVING OF THE WATERS 

JAN CADY 

in tETlie ponD in t\)t 3par0lj^ ^peaDoiD 

ANNE H WOODRUFF 

MAMZELLE FIFINE 

ELEANOR ATKINSON 

her ladyship's maid, was in act of affixing 
THE JEWEL OE THE 
SEVEN STARS 

BRAM STOKER 

to The lady EVELYN'S beautiful new Pequin 
CKBATION 

RANDOLPH S FOSTER 



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when N E D R A 

GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON 

one of the parlour-maids, entered, carrying a handbag 
M I L A D I 

CLARA E LAUGHLIN 

said the maid, "this bag was left but a moment ago and 

DENIS DUVAL 

WILLIAM M THACKERAY 

told me to bring it to your ladyship at once as 
THE MESSENGER 

KATHARINE HOLLAND BROWN 

said it contained 

FAMILY SECRETS 

MARION F WASHBURNE 

there is a key in this sealed envelope" 

LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE 

upon being opened with 

THE DIAMOND KEY 

ALVAH M KERR 

disclosed ZU §itm of tge CrtmBon ©d^fta 

JAMES LOCKE 

to which was attached a card bearing the inscription 
"LEST WE FORGET" 

JOSEPH HOCKING 

NOW 

CHARLES MARRIOTT 

The Lady Evelyn, being 

A DIPLOMATIC WOMAN 

HUAN MEE 

expressed her astonishment in but seven words 
"At last THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CASE 

M. F. GORON 



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'Nedra, draw tE^lje Crtms^on llBlinO 

FRED M WHITE 

see that MY STUDY FIRE 

HAMILTON W MABIE 

is lighted and then aslc 

JANE CABLE 

GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON 

the house-keeper, to come to me without delay" 
The house-keeper entered almost immediately 
" I shall postpone 

MY IRISH JOURNEY 

THOMAS CARLYLE 

I believe that before the 

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

from now I shall know who this 

GABRIELLE TRANSGRESSOR is 

HARRIS DICKSON 

go to The Circular Study and consult the last 
WHO'S WHO ON THE STAGE 

W. BROWNE & E. deR. KOCH 

and let me know what it says about Fridette of The 
Gaiety Theatre; then telephone 

2835 MAYFAIR 

FRANK RICHARDSON 

and ask 

JDtvntt 

LORD BYRON 

THE COUNT'S CHAUFFEUR 

WILLIAM LE QUEUX 



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to go to number 

NINETY THREE 

VICTOR HUGO 

MANSFIELD PARK 

JANE AUSTEN 

at nine o'clock to-night and, finally, tell 

BETTY THE SCRIBE 

LILIAN TURNER 

to write a note of acceptance to the private seance of 

(Pera t^c QYleMum 

RICHARD HARDING DAVIS 

and to-morrow, you may take your sister 
HELEN'S BABIES 

JOHN HABBERTON 

SUSANNA AND SUE 

KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN 

to WUTHERING HEIGHTS 

EMILY BRONTE 

to see the 

HVPOITEMNODON 

JOHN EYERMAN 

or to T}7at?erfep 

SIR WALTER SCOTT 

if you prefer to visit your 

UNCLE REMUS AND BR'ER RABBIT 

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS 




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H E Duke of Belleville, having arrived at 
THE STAGE DOOR 

CHARLES BELMONT DAVIS 

of The Gaiety Theatre just ten minutes 
late, had failed to keep his appointment, 
and had been informed by the door-man 

MR. PRATT 

JOSEPH C LINCOLN 

that Mademoiselle Fridette had left word that he was 
to go on to The Savoy, where she expected to have 
supper and wanted The Duke to join the party. 
The Duke, somewhat annoyed, but being made of 
THE RIGHT STUFF 

JAN BAY 

as, let us hope, all gentlemen are, merely remarked^ 
"I shall go 

IN SEARCH OF MADEMOISELLE 

GEORGE GIBBS 

and turning, he pushed his way through 
A MOTLEY 

JOHN GALSWORTHY 

crowd, the usual 
TYPES FROM CITY STREETS 

HUTCHINS HAPGOOD 



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regained his motor, at tlie same time deciding, to first 
go to liis cliambers to liave a little chat with his friend 

HENRY ESMOND 

WILLIAM M THACKERAY 

who had chambers on the floor above and who was 
THE FIRST SECRETARY 

DEMETRA & KENNETH BROWN 

to ^^e (prime QYliniafer 

ANTHONY TROLLOPE 

and was leaving on the morrow for 

EQUATORIAL AMERICA 

MATURIN M BALLOU 

to study 

THE NEGRO PROBLEM and the 

BOOKER T WASHINGTON 

AFTERMAXH OF SLAVERV 

WILLIAM M SINCLAIR 

At the entrance to his chambers, The Duke was met 
by his man, Jameson, who said 
"There is a lady awaiting your Grace" 
"Well! Jameson, who is 

THE MIDNIGHT GUEST 

FRED M WHITE 

"I really do not know, your Grace: the lady is closely 
veiled and will not give her name" 

"Very well! I'll see her and Jameson remain at hand" 

"Good evening Madame: may I ask to whom- great 
heavens! Evelyn, what are you doing here at this 
time of night? your independence, to say the least, is 
somewhat disconcerting; why not telephone" 

"Jack, you are positively hateful; I could not tele- 
phone my message- no eavesdroppers, I trust" 



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" I believe I am upon the verge of discovering 

LORD CAMMERLEIGH'S SECRET 

ROY HORNIMAN 

and I want you to accompany me to-morrow to 
THE MATRIMONIAL BUREAU 

CAROLYN WELLS & HARRY P TABER 

of t^e (ptinccBB ©e^rd that 

JOHN REED SCOTT 

SORCERESS OF ROME 

NATHAN GALLIZIER 

who has many LITTLESTORIES 

S WEIR MITCHELL 

LAID UP IN LAVENDER 

STANLEY J WEYMAN 

and can always find 

THE MAN HIGHER UP 

HEMRY RUSSELL MILLER 

" Really Evelyn, you certainly do lead 

(^ ^in^uPar Bife 

ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS 

" You know 1 am not interested in these so-called 

TRUE STORIES OF CRIME 

ARTHUR TRAIN 

and most unfortunately, 1 am taking 

"THE 10.12 EXPRESS 

WALTER E GROGAN 

for Brighton; however, 1 shall be very pleased, you 

know, to go with you on Monday" 

"Thank you Jack, but that is quite impracticable; and 

I am sorely disappointed; you certainly took a more 

than passive interest in the recovery of 

THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS 

ANTHONY TROLLOPE 



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"Now, you never have the time; you are very like two 
important individuals we read about; I never know 
what you are going to do next, of course it is well 
known that 

THE BEAUTY 

MRS WILSON WOODROW 

this Gaiety star always goes to Brighton on Sunday 
and, I am told, by the 10.12 Express! I really do not 
understand your 

INFATUATION for this 

LLOYD OSBOURNE 

WILD WINGS 

HERBERT N JOB 

but, I dare say it is 

THE WAY OF MAN 

EMERSON HOUGH 

IN THE ARENA 

BOOTH TARKiNGTON 

of course: however 

MAJOR VIGOUREAUX 

A T QUILLER-COUCH 

will be only too delighted to go; but I wanted you, you 

foolish boy and--" 
"Beg pardon! your Grace" says Jameson, 'iDetective 

Inspector Morgan is below and desires particularly to 

see your Grace" 
"Let him come up, Jameson, and conduct the lady to 

the North lift" 
"And, by-the-bye Evelyn, I'm opening the Eaton 

Square house, and shall probably have a surprise for 

you; sorry I can not go with you to-morrow" 



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"Well, good-bye Jack, I suppose I'm turned out" 

MARION'S VACATION 

NINA RHODES 

begins next week and I'm taking lier to 
THE DOCTOR'S LITTLE GIRL 

MARION AMES TAGGART 

ELIZABETH HOBART AT EXETER HALL 

JEAN R BAIRD 

"Inspector Morgan, your Grace;' announces Jameson 
"Sorry to trouble your Grace; the lady"- 
"Now look here Morgan, the lady is my cousin" 
"Beg pardon your Grace; I quite understand; no harm 
intended: I thought 1 recognized the 

ill t tie ilaO^ as one of the 

JEAN LENOX 

LIGHT FINGERED GENTRY 

DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS 

"I came particularly to ask your Grace's aid regard- 
ing the so-called 

QYlp0fenou0 QYlir* ^a6tn 

E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 

we have reason to believe that this slippery individ- 
ual has some connection with 

THE MYSTERY OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE 

ROBERT MACHRAY 

Sabin was at supper to-night at the Savoy with Miss 
Fridette of Th£ Girls of Blankenberghe- nothing 
wrong with your Grace- great show, that; your Grace 
probably recalls the timely advice you gave us re- 
garding 



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THE CASE OF LADY BROADSTONE that 

A W MARCHMONT 

SIR MORTIMER 

MARY JOHNSTON 

had HOPE 

R B CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM 

that your Grace would be able to again advise us" 
"I fear not in this case: as a matter of fact my neigh- 
bour 

THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT 

BARON PALLE ROSENKRANTZ 

is really responsible for that advice" 

"Then I shall interview this person" 

"Morgan! you seem to be like the dog in the hands of 
the express company; you've eaten your tag and do 
not know where you are to go: Too late! Morgan 

THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS 

EVA LATHBURY 

I am told, left yesterday for 

TROIS SEMAINES EN FRANCE 

D L SAVORY 

which means, of course. 

Sojourning Shopping & Studying in Paris 
"And now you must go as 1 have an appointment, long 
overdue; take a cigar, Morgan, from 

LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE 

and if you are going home; take 

THE PURPLE FERN 

FERGUS HUME 

over there, to your wife's mother, and good night!" 



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ARJORIE'S VACATION was fast ap- 

CAROLYN WELLS 

preaching its end. SHE and her friend, 

H R HAGGARD 

MARIETTA by force of circumstances 

F M CRAWFORD GORDON HOLMES 

were conducting, a flourishing type-writ- 
ing establishment, JUST BETWEEN THEMSELVES at 

ANNE WARNER 

THE HOUSE ON CHERRY STREET 

AMELIA BARR 

€5e §mn^ ^ibe of t^e street 

MARSHALL P WILDER 

PASSERS-BY 

ANTHONY PARTRIDGE 

THE WAY UP 

M P WILLCOCKS 

and they always allowed themselves, as a vacation, 
LITTLE JOURNEYS 

ELBERT HUBBARD 

of a fortnight's duration, 

IN TH A M ESLA N D 

HENRY WELLINGTON WACK 



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so that 



could see 



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or among THE ALPS 

SIR MARTIN CONWAY 

Marjorie and her very best friend, 

BETTY WALES 

MARGARET WARDE 

were seated under 

THE PLUM TREE but, 

DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS 

obviously, not at a time wiien the fruit was over-ripe, 

in THE GARDEN AT NO. 19 that 

EDGAR JEPSON 

historic spot in C^anire^ B^XItb 

HAROLD ARMITAGE 

as the old village of Norton, Derbyshire, is called, hav- 
ing just been served with a second instalment of tea 
by TILLIE A MENNONITE MAID after 

HELEN R MARTIN 

an exceedingly trying two hour's visit from 
THE MAVOR'S WIFE 

ANNA KATHARINE GREEN 

one of THE RAVEN ELS and 

HARRIS DICKSON 

whose only topics of conversation had been, that her 
BIG BROTHER 

MRS JOHNSTON 

JOHN HENRY SMITH 

FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS 

THE ARCHDEACON 

MRS L B WALFORD 

had ordered the removal of 



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THE OLD PEABODY PEW 

KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN 

despite THE 

WARNING OF SEXTON MAGINNIS that 

MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN 

THE MONK'S TREASURE 

GEORGE HORTON 

would not be found in that part of 

t^c feonefg Cgurcg 

FERGUS HUME 

Of ^t. ^UU*B that 

IAN MACLAREN 

ON GOING TO OHUROH 

G BERNARD SHAW 

she had passed 

AT CLOSE RANGE 

F HOPKINSON SMITH 

TERRANCE O'ROURKE 

LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE 

and his SISTER CARRIE 

THEODORE DREISLER 

taking THE INCUBATOR BABY to 

ELLIS PARKER BUTLER 

MRS WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH 

ALICE CALDWELL HEGAN 

and finally, that her husband 

SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE 

A T QUILLER-COUCH 

had always been 

A SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC 

ANTHONY HOPE 

i' fact, with The Mayor's Wife, it was always 
I MYSELF 

MRS T P O'CONNOR 



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and my family, and the young girls were at the point 
of collapse, when 

THE CRISIS 

WINSTON CHURCHILL 

and the egotistical lady took her departure. 
Betty had picked up the inevitable 

MRS RORER^S NEW COOK BOOK 
in order to decide 

WHAT TO HAVE FOR DINNER 

FANNIE MERRITT FARNHAM 

and with the hope of making an entire change in the 
SUNDAY NIGHT SUPPERS 

CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK 

"Betty, dear!" said Marjorie, "I have come to the con- 
clusion that 

THE CARD SYSTEM IN THE OFFICE 

J KAISER 

is valueless to us" 
•'Of course it is, if you say so; but listen! is that mu- 
sic, or the cry of someone in distress?" for 
F'ROM HERE AND THERE 

J WHITE GiDDING 

came the sound of music, oh! such dreadful music. 
Marjorie had hastened to 

THE GIANT'S GATE 

MAX PEMBERTON 

the last remnant of Blunderbore castle, which once oc- 
cupied the site of the present house, to find the guilty 
person, and discovered a wretched looking individual 
with two still more wretched looking animals, which 
the man called 



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THE TEDDY BEARS 

CLARA W WILLIAMS 

Now, as Marjorie believed, that in 

THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS 

FRANK C BOSTOCK 

one should secure their 

FR I E N DS H I P 

HUGH BLACK 

she, therefore, gave each of the bears a piece of 

COTTAGE PIE and this is no 

NEIL LYONS 

joke, either, for bears love this particular kind of pie. 
And in A SPIRIT OF MIRTH she gave 

PEGGY WEBLING 

THE IMMORTAL CHARLATAN 

ROBERT ELLIOTT 

some SIX PENNY PIECES 

NEIL LYONS 

to take his live-stock to serenade the Mayor's wife at 

JANE AUSTEN 

for, thought the young girl, harmless revenge is sweet. 
"Betty dear! I am so happy; we have had so many 

HAPPY DAYS 

LOUISA M ALCOTT ct«I. 

and yet I shall be glad to return to 

THE CITY OF PLEASURE 

ARNOLD BENNETT 

"Is it not strange that I, 

A MILLIONAIRE GIRL 

A W MARCHMONT 

should have to earn my own living because of 
AN OPERA AND LADY GRASMERE 

ALBERT KINROSS 



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"but what am I saying? for 

THE DAWN OF A TO-MORROW 

FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT 

is Still far away; horrors! there goes that fearful client 
of mine across 

THE LONG ROAD 

JOHN OXENHAM 

I am frightened: what does she want here?" 
"Marjorie tell me, what is worrying you? let us be 
COMRADES IN ARMS 

GENERAL CHARLES KING 

let me help you as I helped the 

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS IN THE 
LITTLE BROWN HOUSE 

MARGARET SIDNEY 

let me be ^^e CuBtoixan 

of your secret." 
"Yes, dear! I'll confide in you: 1 am not, as you have 
always thought, 

THE DAUGHTER OF ANDERSON CROW 

GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON 

I truly believe I am Lord Cammerleigh's child, that I 
have a sister, who is none other than Fridette 
THE PRIMADONNA 

F MARION CRAWFORD 

at The Gaiety Theatre, and from what I have gather- 
ed from a woman, who comes to our office to have 
senseless letters type-written, to no purpose, so far 
as 1 can understand:" 



249-58 31 

I say, I believe my father does not know where we are 
and more than that, dare not look for us on account, I 
say, of what this wretched woman calls 

THAT AFFAIR AT ELIZABETH 

BURTON E STEVENSON 

It certainly is 

A DESPERATE CONSPIRACY 

GUY BOOTHBY 

and I shall not rest until 

THE CONSPIRATORS 

ROBERT W CHAMBERS 

UNMASKED AT LAST 

HEADON HILL 

but no more to-night; you are chilly: put on 
C?e (Breen Cfodft 

YORKE DAVIS 

and we will stroll along 

HELENA'S PATH 

ANTHONY HOPE 

as far as THE FIR AND THE PALM 

OLIVE BRIGGS 

to see if our little favorite, the 

PUFFINUS EIVERMANI 

R W SHUFELDT 

is still there, and to-morrow we will go to 

^^retVBBurj to see 

S J WEYMAN 

JOEY AT THE FAIR 

JAMES OTIS 






HERLOCK HOLMES once remarked 
"By far the most daring investigator and 
most successful elucidator of criminal 
mysteries is Martin Dhragnet, but unfor- 
tunately, he always gives you the impres- 
sion of being HALF A ROGUE." 
In less than two years time, this same Dhragnet, hav- 
ing charge of the famous case of 

THE INFAMOUS JOHN FRIEND 

MRS R S GARNETT 

in which 

THE DETHRONEMENT OF THE CITY BOSS 

JOHN J HAMILTON 

was a possibility, sold out his principal client, 
SIR HENDER O'HALLORAN, V. C 

HAROLD VALLINGS 

THE MEMBER EOR ARCIS 

HONORE de BALZAC 

and allowed two of the principals, 

the: GREZIFFENSITEIINS 



267-79 33 

FATHER AND SON 

to escape to 

the: republic of chili 

MARIE ROBINSON WRIGHT 

wherethey BEACHED KEELS 

HENRY RIDEOUT 

and on the following 

being in need of money to buy the things required on 
Christmas Day, they stole the Golden 

LIONS of 

JOSEPH SIMPSON 

THE PRESIDENT OF QUEX 

HELEN M WINSLOW 

escaped capture by crossing to 

BOLIVIA 

MARIE R WRIGHT 

under cover of one of those dark 

ARIZONA NIGHTS 

where, as there were no other dark nights, they were 
finally caged: but this is 

THE SECRET HISTORY OF TO-DAY 

ALLEN UPWARD 

and really digression. 

Martin Dhragnet retired to a secluded spot in 

BRITTANY 

S BARING GOULD 

then travelled in 

CENTRAL ASIA AND TIBET 

SVEN HEDIN 

hobnobbed with 

KINGS AND QUEENS 

FLORENCE WILKINSON 



280-90 34 

in GERMANY 

ESTHER SINGLETON 

and IN MONTE CARLO 

HENRY KSIENKIEWICZ 

where he met an American girl, with whom he became 
infatuated, as she had a bank account; they were mar- 
ried and the bank account disappeared. He then form- 
ed, secretly, of course, 

THE ROBBERIES CO. LTD. 

NELSON LLOYD 

grew a beard and drifted to London: formed the firm of 
DOMBEY 5t SON 

CHARLES DICKENS 

in suite 8 13 

M LEBLANC 

IN'48 

BARONESS ORCZY 

PARK LANE 

PERCY WHITE 

as a purveyor of wines and where every brand was on 
sale, except the one you wanted. 
Strange as it may seem, Dhragnet, alias Dombey, had 
given considerable thought to 
THE DRINK PROBLEM IN MODERN LIFE 

BISHOP POTTER 

In truth, the rear room soon became the rendezvous 
of many 

FAMOUS IMPOSTORS 

BRAM STOKER 

HYPOCRITES AND SINNERS 

VIOLET TWEEDALE 



Rpnga N THE. DEAD OF NIGHT, and keeping 

^n S ■* ^ McINTIRE 

well within the shadow of the 
CANDLE LIGHT, Martin Dhragnet, for 

GEORGIA ROBERTS DURSTON 

he was the intruder stealthily approached 
the couch, upon which the girl, Marjorie, had thrown 
herself, but a short time before, to read for the fifth 
time, the LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE 

MRS PAGET TOYNBEE 

as she had become much interested in 

THE CASE OF DR. HORACE 

JOHN K PRENTIS 

but five are too many times to read, no matter whose 
letters they are, and sleep overcame her. 
Dhragnet gave the figure a light touch at the same time 
muttering, MY CAPTIVE 

J A ALTSHELER 

LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND but 

WINSOR McCAY 

XHE LANA/ OF LIFE 

ANNA McCLURE SHOLL 

at once asserted itself, for 
THE HUMAN TOUCH 

EDITH M NICHOLL 



299-310 36 

awakened the girl, but chloroform soon silenced her 
and throwing a heavy cloak over the form, 

THE INVADER 

MARGARET L WOODS 

carried his burden to 

THE ONE AVAY OUT 

BETTINA VON HUTTEN 

down THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE 

MARY R RINEHART 

out INTO THE NIGHT where 

FRANCES N GREENE 

THE accomplice: 

FREDERICK T HILL 

one of IriL LxANU awaited him 

FRED BRASTED 

and taking THE MIDDLE COURiC across the 

MRS POULTNEY BIGELOW 

YARD AND GARDEN 

BOOTH TARKINGTON 

they passed out upon 

THE COUNTRY ROAD 

ALICE BROWN 

the road made famous by 

^o^n (Bifpin 

WILLIAM COWPER 1 

and none too soon, for 

THE TENANTS OF THE TREES 

CLARENCE HAWKES 

were beginning to announce the approach of DAWN, 



1 THE STORY OF JOHN GILPIN WA-S RELATED TO COWPER BY LADY 
AUSTEN, "WHO HAD HEAJID IT AS A CHILD. COWPER PUT IT INTO 
THE FAMOUS BALLAD. 



311-23 37 

the end of THE LONG NIGHT 

STANLEY J WEYMAN 

THE MORNING OF TO-DAY 

FLORENCE BONE 

Marjorie was, indeed, 

KIDNAPPED BY PIRATES 

S WALKEY 

A short walk brought the men with the 

(Kibnd|>peb girl to 

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 

DEEP MOAT GRANGE 

S R CROCKETT 

where a motor awaited them. 
"Now, don't ask any 

FOOLISH QUESTIONS 

R L GOLDBERG 

said Dhragnet, "this is not 

A FOCUS ERRAND 

ANTHONY HAMILTON 

I LITTLE KNEW 

MAX CROMMELIN 

what a heavy weight the girl was going to prove, but 
WHEN THE HOUR CAME 

ELINOR GLYN 

I had to grab her and skip: but 

"THE DANGER MARK 

ROBERT W CHAMBERS 

is passed, and we'll soon have her aboard our merry 

captain's old tub." "Engine fixed?" "Get away!" and 

tU (Btdn (Xi m ^^eef 

E W HORNUNG 

soon had the motor rushing along 

THE ROMANTIC ROAD on the 

GUY RAWLENCE 

SIXXH SPEED 

E J RATH 




OTWITHSTANDINGthe fact, that the af- 
ternoon express had left Brighton twenty 
minutes late, the train pulled into Water- 
loo 'as advertised' and the Duke and his 
newly-made Duchess, at once, proceed- 
ed to his wife Fridette's apartments in 
THE HOUSE IN SPRING GARDENS 

MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS 

where dinner awaited them. 

SWEETHEART 

ERNEST GILMORE 

said the Duke, ''you look a 

D R EAM 

H G WELLS 

in that costume: to-day a 

DUCHESS OF FEW CLOTHES 

PHILIP PAYNE 

to- morrow, of many: do you know, I feel we are like 
THE CHILDREN WHO RAN AWAY 

EVELYN SHARP 

I really do not deserve all this 

HAPPINESS 

CARL HILTY 

WHEN A MAN MARRIES 

MARY ROBERTS RINEHART 



331-42 39 

he naturally has 

GREAT EXPECTATIONS 

CHARLES DICKENS 

for a happy life, and I know 1 am not going to be dis- 
appointed" 
"And I am going to be 

A SUCCESSFUL WIFE 

G DORSET 

"But to RETURN to our talk 

A MacGOWAN & G COOKE 

about your parents." "1 must find this so-called 
nurse: norah 

ELLIOTT FLOWER 

"I am convinced that you are not the daughter of An- 
derson Crow." 

"Of course I'm not, Jack, but whose daughter am I?" 
"When JUST A LITTLE GIRL I was sent 

ALICE ASHWORTH 

to school at ^ e n i I to r 1 1) where, on 

SIR WALTER SCOTT 

SATURDAY MORNINGS 

CAROLINE F BENTON 

I was visited by the woman who called herself my aunt 

GLORIA 

G F TURNER 

and spoke of me as 

A DAUGHTER OF THE RICH 

M E WALLER 

MV SOHOOL LIFE 

ADRIAN J lORIO 

taught me The VALUE of COURAGE but played 

FREDERICK L KNOWLES ct al. 

HAVOC 

E P OPPENHEIM 



343-50 , 40 

"with my disposition: then 

DIMBIE and I 

MABEL B GRUNDY 

ran away to town, and I soon became one of 
THE PLAYERS O'LONDON 

LOUISE B CHANCELLOR 

and you know the rest." 
"I shall certainly see 

YARBOROUGH THE PREMIER 

AGNES R WEEKS 

he is familiar with London of twenty-" 

"Your Grace is wanted on the telephone." said the maid 

"Yes! Jameson: No! in an hour's time: Yes." 

"I must leave you for a while; Andy wants to see me 
and Inspector Morgan is coming to me with something 
very important: Jameson says 

ALL. ABOUT ME 

L E TIDDEMAN 

"My dear! you are going to be 

JOHN RUSKIN 

After leaving Spring Gardens, The Duke, who did not 
consider 

WALKING A FINE ART 

EDWARD F BIGELOW 

proceeded slowly along Kensington Road, on the look- 
out for FAMILIAR FACES 

HARRY GRAHAM 

but was shortly stopped by the sign 

NO "THOROUGHFARE 

DICKENS and COLLINS 

where a subway was under construction, 



351-55 * 41 

and was accosted by a bibulous individual, who had 
just waded through the mortar-box, and who said, 
"Greash Scott! ole boy! who'd thought - hie - it'd snow- 
ed so hard in thish one spot: Sir! I wantchew t'know 
I'm friend of Sir Jaff'y Gottdough! an' he's dead." 
"Ah! luck: an Officer! Here Officer! Here is a man 
for you." "What street do you live in, my man?" 
"What streets have you got?" 

"Well! Officer: good luck with him." "Ask him about 
Sir Jaffray Gottdough, and let me hear from you: I'm 
the Duke of Belleville!" 
"Yes! your Grace, I'll keep you informed." 
The Duke had proceeded as far as Addison Road Sta- 
tion, when a hansom pulled up toward him, and he im- 
mediately recognized the occupant as his cousin. The 
Lady Evelyn, who said, 

"Jack! I've been watching for you; Jameson said you 
were in Spring Gardens, but preferred not to give the 
number." "Jump in!" "I know it is not 

OOOD FORM FOR \A/OMEN 

MRS CHARLES HARCOURT 

to be driving alone in a public vehicle; I feel like one of 
THE GIRL ROUGH RIDERS 

COL PRENTISS INGRAHAM 

•Well MY LADY CAPRICE 

JEFFERY FARNOL 

'•Jack! I want this to be 

A CHRONICLE OF FRIENDSHIPS 

WILL H LOW 

I know, Jack, you will ask 

BV \A/ HAT AUTHOR IXV 

ROBERT H BENSON 



356-62 42 

"am I interesting myself in your affairs, but let me tell 
you that Major Vigoureaux has been telling me about 
your friend 

THE CHORUS LADY 

JOHN W HARDING 

THE IDOL OF THE TOWN 

WILLIAM LEQUEUX 

as she is called -keep your temper, please, only nice 
things to say- I am convinced that she is a lovely and 
a remarkable girl and not a mere 

FLUFFY RUFFLES 

CAROLYN WELLS 

The Major says her name is not Crow at all, and that 
she is not a daughter of 

the: adveznturer 

LLOYD OSBOURNE 

"But, my dear Evelyn! of all others, you are 

THE ONE WOMAN 

THOMAS DIXSON JR 

to interest yourself: it is amazing." 
"No sarcasm, please: you know I care lots for you and 
if you really want to marry the girl, you may count 
on us." "But I came to tell you, that some time ago, 
my motor ran down a woman, of course you will say 
the inevitable 

WOMAN IN THE WAY 

WILLIAM LE QUEUX 

and thinking her only stunned, ordered her carried in- 
to the house and called 

TH E DOCTO R 

RALPH CONNOR 

who ordered absolute quiet and forbade her immedi- 
ate removal. 



365-71 43 

"For three days, the woman raved about 

THE MALEFACTOR 

E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 

Fridette, Cammerleigh, Crow, and 

THE FRUIT OF THE TREE 

MRS WHARTON 

"Ordinarily, one would not give these ravings a second 
thought, but delirious persons seem to have 

A PERFECT PASSION for talking 

MRS STANLEY WRENCH 

ON ANYTHING 

H BELLOC 

but things next to their heart, but the names struck me 
very forcibly: is it not curious 

THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN 

HUGH de SELINCOURT 

NIGHT AND MORNING from 

KATRINA TRASK 

NINE UNTIL SIX-THIRTY 

W PETIT RIDGE 

she kept it up." "I think at the time of the accident, 
the woman was being followed, as Denis has seen the 
same man watching the house: the woman finally re- 
covered, and upon being interrogated, admitted that 
she expected to need a large sum of money, and asked 
if I would be willing to give Two thousand pounds for 
her secret: of course I agreed with a string attached, 
whereupon, she said that when 1 received a bag con- 
taining a crimson dahlia, I must at once visit the Prin- 
cess Dehra.'' "To-morrow, I shall tell you what I dis- 
covered at the Princess Dehra 's." 
"Truly! Evelyn, you're a wonder: you are going to help 
me as I have never before been helped, for the deed 



372-73 



44 



has been done." "I was married at Brighton this morn- 
ing." 

"And I am very glad, jack, for I now know that she 
is a dear girl; I am undecided about becoming 

SIR JAFFRAY'S WIFE 

A W MARCHMONT 

I had hoped to make something out of him, but-" 
"About how much: a million?" 
"Sarcastic again, Jack: but here we are at Brook 
Street," "Driver! No. 16 Grosvenor Square." "Good 
night. Jack: come to see me to-morrow and trust to my 

JUDGMENT 

ALICE BROWN 





ELLO! ANDY boy:" "How are you?" "is 
THE LURE OF THE CITY too much 

DAVID J BURRELL 

^^1 for you? take that chair please." 

"No thanks! I really wouldn't know what 
to do with the thing." 
"Same old joker I see: but tell me about 

THE MARRIAGE OF THEODORA 

MOLLY ELLIOT SEWALL 

when I heard of the suicide of the Colonel: by-the-bye 
WHY DID HE DO IT? 

BERNARD CAPES 

"I suppose THE UNFORSEEN happened 

MARY S CUTTING 

and he could not stand 

"the: "teist 

FRED JACKSON 



SO THEY WERE MARRIED 

FLORENCE M KINGSLEY 



not 



AT THE VILLA ROSE but at 

A E W MASON 

the: house: of se:rravai_i_e: 

RICHARD BAGOT 

you know 
THE RED HOUSE ON ROWAN STREET 

ROMAN DOUBLEDAY 



383-95 46 

THE UP GRADE 

WILDER GOODWIN 

from T)7OOb0foc6 on 

SIR WALTER SCOTT 

THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE HILL 

ROSE N CAREY 

THEODORA'S HUSBAND 

LOUIS MACK 

MK.. OPP 

ALICE HEGAN RICE 

is,by LONG ODDS thenicest 

chap I have met in years: of course, it was a 

MARRIAGE A LA MODE 

MRS HUMPHREY WARD 

as he has inherited the greater portion of 

JOHN MARSH'S MILLIONS 

KLEIN and HORNBLOW 

and he has undertaken 

THE EDUCATION OF JACQUELINE 

CLAIRE de PRATZ 

THE RED HEAD you know: 

JOHN URI LLOYD 

rather 
AN EMBARRASSING ORPHAN 

W E NORRIS 

but a jolly keen one just the same: knows about 

THREE HUNDRED THINGS A 
BRIGHT GIRL CAN DO 

LYDIA E KELLEY 

and she will be 

A SUCCESS IN LIFE 

EMIL REICH 

but of all the 



396-405 47 

FAIRIES I HAVE MET -" 

MRS RODOLPH SLAWELL 

"Inspector Morgan, your Grace." 
"Sorry, Andy! I'll see you later." "Morgan, I've been 
AN EXILE FROM LONDON 

COL R H SAVAGE 

for one whole day: what is the news?'' 
"I thought your Grace would like to be in at 
THE ROUND-UP 

MURRAY and MILLER 

to-night, as I believe there will be some personal in- 
terest in the case; I have not all the ends joined: there 
are a few 

FRAGMENTS THAT REMAIN 

MALTBIE D BABCOCK 

unattached: it is only a question of getting 
UNDER the: crust 

THOMAS NELSON PAGE 

"Before I forget it, the Dover incident is closed: 

THE PASSENGER FROM CALAIS 

MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS 

has been CAPTURED and 

GENERAL CHARLES KING 

THE CAREER OF MRS. OSBORNE 

HELEN MILECETE 

has been brought to a close: always hate to run down 
THE WEAKER SEX 

CHARLES DANA GIBSON 

"We are going to Ratcliffe, your Grace: and I have the 
Yard's Daimler below, and if you have no objection 
will make a start." "I have taken the 
PRECAUTION 

J FENIMORE COOPER 



406-15 48 

to bring 

THE SCARLET RUNNER 

C N and A M WILLIAMSON 

pretty heavy car, but 

LIGHT MOTOR CARS AND VOITURETTES 

JOHN H KNIGHT 

are no good for rough roads." 

BOOTH TARKINGTON 

High Street. Ratcliffe, quickly." 
It took but a moment to get 

FROM LOW TO HIGH GEAR 

ELLIS and KENNEDY 

Through Hobart Place into Victoria Street, across New 
Palace Yard and on to the Embankment. 
Morgan said "Give this motor 

HALF A CHANCE andyouare 

FREDERICKS ISHAM 

GOING SOME 

REX BEACH 

"Does your Grace see the man at the corner? that's 
MV FRIEND PROSPERO 

HENRY HARLAND 

he has been connected with more 

Cefe6rdteb CximtB 

ALEXANDER DUMAS 

than any man I know at The Yard." 
On rushed 

THC JCAR.LET CAR. 

RICHARD HARDING DAVIS 

past The Metropole, under Charing Cross Bridge past 
The Needle and the imposing facade of Somerset 
House: across Blackfriars entrance, and then into 
EARLY LONDON 

SIR WALTER BESANT 



416-25 49 

BREAKERS AHEAD 

HAROLD BINDLOSS 

Cherry! careful of the mud: I don't suppose your Grace 

is interested in road coverings?" 

"Last year MY SON AND I made 

MRS M H SPIELMANN 

A STUDY OF SPLASHES 

A M WORTHINGTON 

The motor continued on its 

CROOKED WAY 

WILLIAM LEQUEUX 

through Upper and Lower Thames Streets: past 
the: "tona/er of London 

WILLIAM H AINSWORTH 

over THE BROKEN ROAD 

A E W MASON 

of Lower Shadwell: "Your Grace 

A BIT OF ROUGH ROAD 

AMY LE FEUVRE 

The motor was stopped at Love Lane, where the par- 
ty was met by 

POLICEMAN BLUE JAY 

LAURA BANCROFT 

who directed them to the Thames Wharf, beyond the 
No. 3 Shaft of Rotherhite Tunnel. 
"Inspector! here's 

A STROKE OF LUCK 

NAT GOULD 

the boat is still at anchor.'* 

WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW? 

DOROTHY CANFIELD 

asked The Duke: and Morgan, pointing to the Surrey 
side, said "We have now come to 



426-37 50 

THE END OF THE TRAIL 

do you see the ship off Surrey Locks, in front of the 
gas-tanks? that's our destination." 
"But, Morgan! for 

THE LIFE OF ME 

ETHEL SHACKELFORD 

I fail to see where I come in." 
"All in good time, your Grace: again I say, don't 
WOR.R.T 

C W SALEEBY 

but I see the EBB-TIDE is on" 

NATHAN H DOLE 

Morgan blew two blasts upon a whistle, and the Police 
Boat S5e^eat»off shot through 

JACK LONDON 

XHEZOUTLEX 

A ADAMS 

from Shadwell Basin, where she was always 
HELD FOR ORDERS 

FRANK H SPEARMAN 

"Get away ANTONIO 

ERNEST OLDMEADOW 

THE BLACK BARQUE 

T JENKINS HAINS 

you know! and when we get aboard, all be careful of the 
OPEN HATCHWAYS 

HON HENRY COOK 

Morgan, standing in the bow, shouted "Ship ahoy!" 

IN THE KING'S NAME 

G MANVILLE FENN 

I want the Captain of 

THE QUEEN OF NIGHT 

HEADON HILL 



438-48 51 

A Fight occurs at this point, a description of which, has been omitted 

"And now, my worthy Captain, we have secured two 
prisoners, and if you don't want to be the third, come 
down and besides, by what right are you sailing 

(Unber ftt?o ^fage 

L dela RAMEE-OUIDA 

IN SPITE OF" ALL 

EDNA LYALL 

you have told us, you have a young lady aboard and we 
propose to have that young lady: 

WORDS TO THE WISE 

ELLA B SHERMAN 

you know: I admit that you have been 

A VICTIM OF VILLAINY 

F L BROUGHTON 

but you are playing 

A DESPERATE GAME 

JOHN K LEYS 

and THE RECKONING 

ROBERT W CHAMBERS 

is at hand" "Where is the 

HIDDEN VICTIM 

HEADON HILL 

what, may I ask, have you over there in 
THE SHADOW 

HAROLD BEGBIE 

UNDER THE RED ROBE 

STANLEY J WEYMAN 

"Put down that gun: anyway I can see, it is not 
THE REAL THING 

J KENDRICK BANGS 

A Fight occurs at this point, a description of which, has been omitted 



449-58 52 

"And now, my worthy Captain, 

THE DAY'S WORK 

RUDYARD KIPLING 

is completed: as a fighter, you're a monumental fail- 
ure: go buy a scrap-book, and learn how to become a 
prize-fighter; but pull up and remember 

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND 

CHARLES READE 

no more MONKEY SHINES This 

HOLTEN HALL 

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY 

MRS A L WISTER 

business has been 

EASY MONEY 

BERTRAM ATKEN 

to you, but it is not one of the 

THINGS NA/ORTH DOING 

LINA and ADELIA BEARD 

and IT NEVER CAN HAPPEN AGAIN 

WILLIAM DE MORGAN 

I propose to let you off for you have been 

THE DUPE 

G BISS 

"Put US ashore at the Royal Albert Dock." 



"Now, your Grace, we will take a tram here to West 
Ham, then the District to 

XHE NA/EISX END 

PERCY WHITE 

tU iAnb of (ttlctfte QKefieDC 

W NESBIT 




H 



HE Duke of Belleville had just finished go- 
ing through his morning's post, and still 
held in his hand, a lengthy letter from his 
financial adviser, , 
RICHARD ELLIOTT FINANCIER 

GEORGE CARLING 

MASTEIR OF MILLIONS 

GEORGE C LORIMER 

dealing with 

THE FINANCES OF SIR JOHN KYNNERSLEY 

A C FOX-DAVIES 

and with THE 

CONTEST FOR SOUND MONEY 

A BARTON HEPBURN 

The Duke was. at the moment reclining rather lazily, 
with his TWO LEGS outstretched 

CARL EWALD 

and was thinking, not of the contents of the letter, but 
listening, rather, as 

THE MUSIC LOVER 

HENRY VAN DYKE 

to THE SONG OF SONGS 

HERMANN SUDERMANN 

THE SONG OF the: OARDINAL 

GENE STRATTON PORTER 



466-76 54 

perched upon the 

THE ELM TREE ON THE MALL 

ANATOLE FRANCE 

oh! what is there to equal a 

SPRING IN LONDON 

E A 

This, The Duke's favorite, room was at once the ad- 
miration of the artistic, containing as it did, wonderful 
examples of 

THE CHIPPENDALES 

ROBERT GRANT 

collected by HIi OWN PEOPLE his very own 

BOOTH TARKINGTON 

ANCESTORS 

GERTRUDE ATHERTON 

The room too, was an historic one: many 

A PRINCESS OF INTRIGUE 

H NOEL WILLIAMS 

had occupied that very chair and the 

<B6o0t6 of (piccabiffg 

GEORGE S STREET 

had met here on more than one occasion. The 

SILVER BELLS 

ANDREW C P HAGGARD 

of distant Big Ben had just announced the hour of noon 
when Detective Inspector Morgan was announced. 
"And now" said The Duke "for the 
REVELATIONS OF INSPECTOR MORGAN 

OSWALD CRAWFURD 

THE XOP OF the: MORNING 

JULIET W TOMPKINS 

to your Grace." "I am here, as you see, 

AT THE TIME APPOINTED 

A MAYNARD BARBOUR 



477-f 



55 



"I trust your Grace has rested well: I am, in truth 

A COURIER OF FORTUNE 

ARTHUR W MARCHMONT 

"Thank you; yes! but out with 

THE GREAT SECRET 

E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 

I take itthat T H C W C L D I N O of the chain 

LAFAYETTE Mc LAWS 

is completed: but allow me to suggest that you are not 
FRANKS DUELLIST 

AMBROSE PRATT 

so, for goodness sake, stop bending 

THE SILVER BLADE 

CHARLES E WALK 

of that paper-knife: it really is not a rapier, as you seem 
to imagine, and I am afraid you will break it." 

MY STORY 

HALL CAINE 

is rather long, your Grace, and in a manner proves that 
there has been 

MUCH ADOE ABOUT NOTHING 

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

but before I begin, let me say that Sir Jaffray died this 
morning: of course it was 

D R. I N K. 

HALL CAINE 

I fancy, that lets your cousin, 

HER LADVSHIP 
out of a bad bargain." 

THE MESSAGE 

A J DAWSON 

from Broadstairs states further that Sir Jaffray and 
THREE COMRADES 



488-99 56 

were drinking heavily at 

BAR-20 

CLARENCE E MULFORD 

Of THE RUNNING HORSE INN 

ALFRED TSHEPPARD 

and became so noisy that 

THE MASTER OF THE INN 

ROBERT HERRICK 

threw them OUTDOOK^J "But to 

ERNEST McGAFFEY 

RETURN 

McGOWAN and COOKE 

This MORNING 

J W RILEY 

I had a long interview with Miss Marjorie Crow and she 
has helped me to bridge 

THE CHASM 

KAUFFMAN and CARPENTER 

LINK BV LINK 

DICK DONOVAN 

have I welded the chain: your Grace will probably re- 
call That Affair at Elizabeth, when Lord Cammerleigh 
having been at the Opera with Lady Grasmere, was 
found dead two hours later in High street. Elizabeth: his 
apparently lifeless body carried into the 

(gtorning ^tdr Inn, 

H RIDER HAGGARD 

to await the arrival of the Coroner of 

THE 13th. DISTRICT 

JAY HAMBRIDGE 

how the body disappeared 

IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY 

ANNE WARNER 



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after having been viewed by 

THE VEILED LADY 

F HOPKINSON SMITH 

The next day, one of The Yard's men, 
PENDENNIS 

W M THACKERAY 

in passing along 

QUALIXV STREIEI-r 

JAMES M BARRIE 

saw Lord Cammerleigh at 

THE WINDOW AT THE WHITE CAT 

MARY ROBERTS RINEHART 

and upon being interrogated, denied having been at 
Elizabeth; said he had been motoring through the 

HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN KENT 

WALTER JERROLD 

Nevertheless, he quite innocently gave us 

THC clue: 

CAROLYN WELLS 

ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY 

FRED WHISHAW 

THE WOMAN IN QUESTION 

JOHN REED SCOTT 

was traced to C^iipipin^t QBorou^? 

STANLEY J WEYMAN 

where we found she made 

A OHANGE OF DRESS 

E TEMPLE THURSTON 

and dressed as a charity sister, visited prisoner 

NO. 4 7 1 1 

at Dartmoor." "Here then, was 

THE MAN IN THE CASE 

ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS 



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No. 4711 being none other than the celebrated 

DR. NIKOLA 

GUY BOOTHBY 

FROM "THE BOTTOM UP 

ALEXANDER IRVINE 

by DEVIOUS WAYS 

GILBERT CANNAN 

by PERSUASION 

JANE AUSTEN 

and I might almost say by 

FOUL PLAY 

CHARLES READE 

have we worked out this case: the woman, 1 have no 
doubt, finally realized that she was being 
HUNTED DOWN 

CHARLES DICKENS 

for we took every 

OPPORTUNITY 

MARGARET B CROSS 

to let her know that we had her under surveillance but 
here our theory failed us, 

THAT IS TO SAY 

"RITA" 

the woman, instead of coming to us with a proposition 
wrote a confession, then took 

A FATAL DOSE 

F M WHITE 

of Coniine." 

"Now your Grace, I understand that you were married 
yesterday and you will also note that last night we res- 
cued a certain young girl named Marjorie Crow—" 
"What! Morgan, you certainly don't mean 



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SISTERS 

MRS PERCY DEARMER 

but I know The Duchess hasn't a sister." 

W SHAKESPEARE 

your Grace: right you are: her Grace is quite unaware 
of the fact: but 

THETURN OFTHE: BALANCE 

BRAND WHITLOCK 

came this morning when I informed his Lordship about 
THE WOMAN AT KENSINGTON 

WILLIAM LE QUEUX 

HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME, 

LADY NAPIER of MAGDALA 

that her husband was still alive and 

IN DURANCE VILE 

DOROTHEA GERARD 

"Lord Cammerleigh then related his story: strange how 
all the fragments should be found at the same time." 
"Briefly, the woman's confession is that she and her 
sister were the nurses to his Lordship's two daughters 
''It will be news to most people to hear of Cammer- 
leigh as a father: but, continue." 
"At this time his Lordship was very fond of the gam- 
ing-table: one night, finding himself cheated; knocked 
down the offender and fled from the club: needless to 
say the man was not injured, continued his prison-in- 
the-end career, and came into public notice, 

TWO YEARS AGO 

CHARLES KINGSLEY 

in the case of the Fourbe Soapstone & Leather Co us. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN PIE COMPANY 

ELLIS PARKER BUTLER 



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was convicted, and is now at Dartmoor as No 471 1." 
"The morning after tlie club affair, the 

WOMAN 

Dr M SOLIS-COHEN 

the nurse, informed Lord Cammerleigh that he had 
killed her husband, and demanded 

£25000 

to keep silent: for the moment she knew that she had 

THE UPPER HAND 

EMERSON G TAYLOR 

but she did not know that his Lordship only had a very 
small life interest in his wife's estate, and could not 
comply; her scheme had failed: then the infants were 
spirited away and it was not until to-day that his Lord- 
ship knew that they were alive and well, so thorough- 
ly did THE BLACKMAILERS 

EMILE GABORIAU 

do their work." 

"Why did he not call on the Police? coward!" 
"That is obvious, your Grace; he had the murder, so- 
called, in mind and he hoped to locate them himself: 
for eighteen years, he was 

HELD IN THE TOILS 

JOHN K LEYS 

until one day, he saw the woman, driving in a Victoria 
at St. Moritz: she seemed to be moving 
IN HIGH PLACES 

DOLORES BACON 

he followed her, made 

ABID FORFREEDOM 

GUY BOOTHBY 

but without success." "The woman informed his Lord- 
ship, that the moment she heard of his death. 



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she would at once reveal her secret: and hence the 
two sham deaths " "On both occasions, he had some 
one at hand to immediately come forward to identify 
the body and to spirit it away so that the proper restor- 
atives could be at once applied without the aid of an 
inquisitive medical man." "Dr. Phaque thinks he must 
have used a powder composed chiefly of Dimethylox- 
yquinizine and Myosin to produce this state." "The 
same person was to at once inform the newspapers of 
the death: unfortunately, on the first occasion and 
ON THE EVE 

LEOPOLD KAMPFE 

of success, the woman had followed him to Elizabeth 
and saw through the trick: the second proved equally 
disastrous; we had the details of the Norton abduction 
by arresting the man left behind: the woman planned 
this herself when she realized that she had divulged 
entirely too much to Miss Marjorie Crow: the Nikola 
man's real name is Andrew Nicholson Crow: how is 
that for A STORY OF A LIE 

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 

"Lord Cammerleigh is now with his daughter, Marjo- 
rie and expects to call upon her Grace very shortly; he 
thinks himself quite ill: I found him studying 
A TREATISE ON APPENDICITIS 

Dr FOWLER 

and talks about being put 

UNDER THE KNIFE 

A G GREENWOOD 

"Truly marvelous Morgan, you deserve a big 
COMPENSATION 

RALPH WALDO EMERSON 

"Jameson! telephone the Sleeping-Car Office in Cock- 
spur Street, to reserve rooms on 



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THE ROME EXPRESS 

MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS 

for to-morrow night, as the Duchess and 1 want to get 
away from the TUMULT of 

W SHERRAN 

THE CRONA/DED STREET 

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 

and now, Morgan, 

GOOD-BYE 

RALPH WALDO EMERSON 



Of course everything has been explained, but 
nobody will understand the explanations any 
better than the author understood what was 
sought to be explained. 






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